Micronutrient dose response (MiNDR) study among women of reproductive age and pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for double-blind, randomised, controlled trials.

Introduction: Optimising the micronutrient status of women before and during reproduction confers benefits to them and their offspring. Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS), given as a daily tablet with nutrients at ~1 recommended dietary allowance (RDA) or adequate intake (AI) reduces adverse birth outcomes. However, at this dosage, MMS may not fully address micronutrient deficiencies in settings with chronically inadequate diets and infection.

Health and nutritional status of children hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh.

Objective: To compare the health and nutrition of children younger than 5 years admitted to hospital during and before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh.

Methods: We collected data from hospital records of children 0-59 months admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh in March 2020-February 2021 (COVID-19 period;  = 2552) and March 2019-February 2020 (pre-COVID-19 period;  = 6738). Data collected included sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics.